The government's plans to privatise the Royal Mail have been finalised as shares go on sale. In the 1983 film The GPO Story, Arena looks back at the GPO Film Unit, and in particular their most famous film Night Mail.

After 36 years, Stephen King has at last relented and written a sequel to his 1977 novel, The Shining. Doctor Sleep revisits the character of the young son in The Shining, Danny Torrance - now a middle-aged man struggling to come to terms with his psychic powers.

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Read all about it! Arena, the BBC’s art strand, provides a unique cultural perspective on the rolling news agenda. Using its archive of over 500 films, which spans much of the last 50 years and beyond, the Arena blog chronicles the characters, places and stories behind today’s headlines.